Meteor Missile Gets Lucky the Second Time

Credit: MBDA
European missile designers last week heaved a collective sigh of relief when a critical element of a key future air-to-air missile worked during its second trial. The second test firing of the Meteor rocket-ramjet missile on June 20 saw the weapon transition from the boost phase to the ramjet...

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